new article on mahabharata--SRJ

Mahabharat, an epic of ancient India, coming soon on Star Plus

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Mahabharat, an epic of ancient India, coming soon on Star Plus. The first series was produced by B.R.Chopra and directed by his son Ravi Chopra in 1988. It had 94 episodes and originally ran from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990 on Indian's favorite Channel, DD National. Well there was another attempt made by Balaji Telefilms with their show Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki, which was premiered on 9X. It was a modern and westernized version of the epic Mahabharata but was discontinued much before its original completion date because of low TRP ratings & criticism from all quarters.

So will Star Plus take clues from the previous attempts made by Production Houses? Well, the promos have just started and will be interesting to see how Star Plus Packages the whole show? Talking about the cast, well considering the large number of characters that Mahabharat has, the cast too will be huge.

Shaheer Sheikh, Navya fame said to be playing the character of Arjun. This is no doubt one of the most famous characters in Mahabharat. Saurabh Raj Jain who was last seen in Uttaran and who is currently playing the character of Lord Vishnu in Life Ok's "Devon Ke Dev Mahadev" will be playing the top most role of "Krishna". So are you all set to watch Saurabh in a new avatar?👏

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Television actress Sayantani Ghosh will be portraying the character of Satyawati. She was last seen in "Nagin" and "Mrs Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuien". Rohit Bharadwaj who shot to fame from "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha", will be playing the all-important role of Yushishtir. The role of Draupadi will be played by Debilna Chartterjee. There are some more important characters which are yet to be decided.

We all know how hugely popular the show was and most of us still remember the characters. The Original Series was run-away success and public places were found deserted during the time slot. So will this new attempt create a similar impact? Well, it is very difficult to recreate history, but time will only tell if they have managed to win the audiences again.